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Selections for Gowran – Apr. 22nd 2026
4.38: KEOGIE – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 5.18: GO JUST DO IT (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.48: GREYDREAMBELIEVER (RONAN WHELAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.18: CITY OF MEMPHIS (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.48: IMNOTLEAVINYOU – EW – (WESLEY JOYCE (3)/MICK MULVANY) 7.18: KITTY BEAR (ORLA TYNAN (7)/ANDY SLATTERY) 7.48: ROYAL BELIEF (COLIN KEANE/CIAN COLLINS)
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GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship 2026
Counties ParticipatingThe following 16 Counties shall be eligible to participate in GAA Football All-IrelandSenior Championship (Sam Maguire Cup) (a) The 8 Provincial Champions and Runners-Up (b) The next 8 highest-ranked teams at the conclusion of the National League Exception to (b): The previous year’s Tailteann Cup Winners, if not alreadyqualified as one of the teams…
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No longer a derisory destination
At the outset here, it will be willingly admitted yours truly has no idea where the phrase originated but that to “Send somebody to Coventry” was a derisory term which meant to get rid of somebody or to send them to somewhere wholly unpleasant. However, for as long as I can recall at least, in…
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Jones return a needed lift for club and county
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…2-11Moynalvey…2-11 On a weekend when reasons for cheer were as scarce for devotees of Meath football as hen’s teeth, the return to action of Ronan Jones as a second half sub was a telling boost for Dunboyne as they maintained their recent run of momentum in the FL Div. 1 when coming from…
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Nolan calls the tune as Dunboyne cut down the ‘Wood
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…4-12 Longwood…1-14 Darragh Nolan’s left boot laid out the mood music as Dunboyne’s second string made light of the 10am throw in time on Sunday morning to claim the spoils against Longwood in Round 4 of the Div. 4 Football League. The corner forward had the locals in the mood for dancing with…
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Selections for Tramore – Apr. 20th 2026
4,10: TELL US THIS (EOIN STAPLES (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.42: CROOKED PATH (DAN KING/DENIS HOGAN) 5.12: TIME IS A THIEF (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.42: KIMY – EW – (SEAN CLEARY-FARRELL (7)/TOM MULLINS) 6.12: JETAWAY NANA – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/CIAN COLLINS) 6.42: DROP A THREAT (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.12: CULLENWAINE – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN…
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Ghosts of the past return to haunt
MEATH… 0-25 WESTMEATH… 4-18 Sometimes knowing too much can come back to kick you in the arse. So often did my late father warn me about the jinx of 1975 that the fear has always there that one day it would come back to haunt as. For those fortunate enough to be too young to…
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Selections for Tramore – Apr. 19th 2026
2.08: NIRISQUE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.43: POLEPATRICK (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.18: DON’T TELL JACK (CHARLIE O’DWYER/ENDA BOLGER) 3.53: KING OF WESTROS – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.28: BINGEWORTHY – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.00: NAS NA RIOGH (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.30: HALSAFARI – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE/JIMMY BARCOE)
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Selections for Curragh – Apr. 19th 2026
1.35: BLIXEN FORCE (DAVID EGAN/ROBSON DE AGUIAR) 1.50: STAG NIGHT (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 2.25: GREAT BARRIER REEF (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.00: ALNAFOOR – EW – (COLIN KEANE/CLAIRE O’CONNELL) 3.35: BESET – EW – DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.10: GLEN AND TONIC – EW – (LUKE MCATEER/DAVID MARNANE) 4.45: MERSI DIAMOND – EW – (BILLY LEE/TOMMY COYLE).…
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Selections for Bellewstown – Apr. 18th 2026
2.05: OLE OLE (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.40: STICKTOTHEPLAN – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/OLIVER MCKIERNAN) 3.15: FIVER FRIDAY (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.50: BLUE REED – EW – (FINN BRICKLEY (7)/CIAN COLLINS) 4.25: BALLINEARLA GIRL – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/EOIN DOYLE) 5.00: MIDDLETON RARE – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 5.35: GILLANE (EOGHAN FINEGAN (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL)
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